William drops ride on Parkmore ED

[jules89]

agreeing with everything on here

 

[LEC]

I doubt AN would have taken it to Olympics but there would always have been Burghley or Pau. By going to Beijing Parkmore Ed will not be out till next year so no ranking points can be gained!

 

[Thistle]

But, Tam would have blown at the atmosphere and the owners of WFP other ride I believe were not keen for it to go to Hong Kong, just as PA wanted his horse to go.

 

[ecrozier]

Goah, how childish of the owner of P.Ed, sounds like WFP might be much better off without him, and maybe after the display at HK, this guy and AN deserve each other?!? As someone else said, P.Ed is no spring chicken, and WFP has plenty more coming through and still got Tam and Ballincoola at top flight already. I love Tamarillo so wish he had taken him, even if he had blown a bit in the dressage - well, P Ed didn't exactly shine in that phase did he?!? But understand that there are a lot of factors in the decision!

 

[lucretia]

i do wish people would give tam a bit more credit. he isnt usually a nutter in the dressage. even if he had his test would probably still have been better than Ed's! people seem to forget all the times he has been good! sorry slightly off the point.

 

[Puppy]

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anyway, after how disgustingly AN rode at the Olympics, and how he never even checked that great horse of his after doing his best to wrestle it to the floor (god knows how it got its front legs out in time and didn't have a rotational at the 2nd Pagoda fence), he didn't even glance at the horse as he led it back, let alone fuss it, i can't believe anyone would send a horse to him.

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Totally agree. And I saw him be similarly reckless at Burghley last year

Yes, at times he can ride great, but I am v v definitely not an AN fan!!

I feel very sorry for the horse

As others have said, he's 14, won Burghley and Olympic team bronze, is out till next season now by which time he will be 15, and someone mentioned hard to keep sound. What a shame such *rseholes get to own such great horses. I feel gutted for William who is such an ambassador for the sport that he has been put through this stupid childish game.

 

[jules89]

i just read some of my eventing magazine and AN had 2 out of 3 unhappy rounds at gatcombe before going...mmm

 

[teapot]

Did anyone else see AN's comment in Eventing about his xc fall in Hong Kong? He said the following: "I'd gone very fast and I nearly pulled it off".

Hmmmmmm at the expense of a super horse

 

[Gonetofrance]

What a disgusting attitude to a brave horse........

 

[Puppy]

I hadn't seen that, and it disgusts, but does not surprised me... Poor LK, & poor PE

 

[kerilli]

i didn't see that in Eventing. he rode that fence very badly imho. that's been such a good horse for him too.

 

[Eventerlad15]

Poor Ed, after the way AN broke L K, he should not be given the horse. Wouldn't be suprised if AN took ed and L K to Pau...why else would it be at his yard!??

 

[Puppy]

That horse deserved SO much more

 

[teapot]

Has Pau been and gone, or does anyone have an online link?

Never mind, just found the website

 

[Puppy]

I hope William kicks his *rse at Burghley!

 

[kerilli]

Me too.
It will be interesting to see which Olympic horses do get taken to Pau. it's in October, isn't it?

 

[teapot]

Indeed H - just seen the Burghley entries with a certain HHO amongst them

 

[teapot]

According to the Pau website, it's the 22nd to the 26th of October

How cool is this: on the sunday, there's shetland eventing!

 

[Equus Leather]

Who?!

 

[Puppy]

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Indeed H - just seen the Burghley entries with a certain HHO amongst them

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I know!!

More to the point

One of Star's siblings, whom we saw at Blenheim last year!!

 

[jules89]

I cant believe that comment said by A N in eventing. Im gonna go and read that report to find it! grr

 

[clipclop]

Reading all these replies really makes me think that they should all just take a deep breath and move on. All this hatred and back biting. Who wins?

Only us lot it seems as we get to read the gossip!!

 

[sunflower]

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Indeed H - just seen the Burghley entries with a certain HHO amongst them

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I know!!

More to the point

One of Star's siblings, whom we saw at Blenheim last year!!

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Both of Star's siblings (that we saw at Blenheim last year) are competing at Burghley this year

 

[teapot]

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I cant believe that comment said by A N in eventing. Im gonna go and read that report to find it! grr

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Page 13 in the September edition

 

[wizoz]

Well I obviously missed out on this as I was away but I think it is a real shame for WFP to have had to go through this whilst trying to maintain the highest level of sportmanship and professionalism. How disgusting for Ed's owners to think about themself above and beyond his horse, the rider, the supporters and everyone else who is invloved in the process of the olympic selection.
Good for William to have dropped the ride, Andrew and i'm sorry to all his supporters (I am NOT one) will only push him over the edge anyway. His own riding at the Olympics was, in my opinion a disgrace, and he deserved his tumble.
I do think Tam would have done much better than Ed, he may have had a few blips but I don't think he would have been as bad as Ed.

But hey ho. I only hope now, that William will get to go to the 2012 games and will have the horse that HE truly wants to ride and not have his arm bent behind his bacl, all for the sake of one upmanship.


Rant over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[archoak]

There are 2 sides to this story, calling Ed's owner pathetic etc. is a bit unfair, if Lucretia really knows what went on she will agree that this thread is a little onesided

 

[scotsmare]

Difficult position for WFP I suppose, though I don't think it's the first horse he's lost to AN??

It's been well documented that theres no love lost between them.

Unfortunately without knowing the exact facts from all parties most of this is just conjecture and gossip

which is, of course, why most of us like it